diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_interface/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_interface/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bfde1f0a2151
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope_interface/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, zope_event
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "zope.interface";
+  version = "4.4.2";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "4e59e427200201f69ef82956ddf9e527891becf5b7cde8ec3ce39e1d0e262eb0";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ zope_event ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Zope.Interface";
+    homepage = http://zope.org/Products/ZopeInterface;
+    license = licenses.zpt20;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0cafc8ff15b7..113a0255170f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -26298,23 +26298,8 @@ EOF
   };
 
 
-  zope_interface = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "zope.interface-4.1.3";
+  zope_interface = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_interface { };
 
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/z/zope.interface/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0ks8h73b2g4bkad821qbv0wzjppdrwys33i7ka45ik3wxjg1l8if";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ zope_event ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Zope.Interface";
-      homepage = http://zope.org/Products/ZopeInterface;
-      license = licenses.zpt20;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
-    };
-  };
 
   hgsvn = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "hgsvn-0.3.11";